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Originally Posted by blueskyangel
You know my Cal king would not eat when I first received her and would have passed on it I had not force fed her I did so for 4 weeks.
After that she ate on her own and is eating dead mice now
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And just how long did you wait before this FF regime started? How do you know it would have "passed on"? Was it thin & lethargic? if not it was likely just fine
Out of the 100's of CKs I have bred not one ever required FF. Every single one has started on its own in less than a month. Most often when they will not eat it is because of lack of proper setup, too much interaction (should be none until feeding BTW) or improper feeding method. Young CKs are pretty nervous snakes & it can be as simple as offering them the prey late at night & leaving them alone with it whether it be live or dead. I have GBs here now that are over 3 months old & still have not ate. Will I FF them? Nope, never. 2 more just took FT on their own yesterday at around 14 weeks old. None of them are thin or lethargic & some have even had second sheds despite not eating yet. Are they starving? Hardly LOL I think there are only 4 now out of around 25-30 that are left to start feeding. FF baby snakes is something that most folks consider WAY TOO SOON. If a baby snake was feeding prior on its own FF should never be done, if it isn't eating any more there is a reason(s) for it. More often than not if a snake won't eat on its own it will end up dying anyway whether being FF or not. Sometimes the stress of a FF is enough to kill them. Quite often folks have good intentions & actually kill them by FF. FF snakes that would otherwise never eat is just weakening the overall gene pool anyway. Its a fact of life that one should let live & let die, its natures way
Mark
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